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    Saint Rita of Cascia
    Saint Rita of Cascia
    Saint Rita of Cascia
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    Saint Rita of Cascia

    By Bob Lord and Penny Lord

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    Saint Rita of Cascia, wife, mother, Nun and Saint. What a combination. Bob and Penny Lord trace the life of this woman who lost her husband and two sons. Saint Rita is known also as the Saint of the Impossible.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJourneys of Faith
    Release dateSep 10, 2010
    ISBN9781452319476
    Saint Rita of Cascia
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    Bob Lord

    Bob and Penny Lord renowned Catholic Authors and hosts on EWTN. They are best known for their media on Miracles of the Eucharist and Many Faces of Mary. They have been dubbed experts on the Catholic Saints. They produced over 200 television programs for EWTN global television network and wrote over 25 books and hundreds of ebooks.

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      Saint Rita of Cascia - Bob Lord

      Saint Rita of Cascia

      Bob and Penny Lord

      Published by Bob and Penny Lord at Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 Bob and Penny Lord

      Discover other titles by Bob and Penny Lord at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bobandpennylord

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashword.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

      St. Rita of Cascia

      Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow, Nun, Saint,

      Woman of Faithfulness and Forgiveness

      Saint of the Impossible

      St. Rita of Cascia is one of the most powerful women in the Church we will write about. She is a role model for women of our generation. There is nothing that any woman has experienced that Rita has not known. She was an obedient daughter, a faithful wife, a battered wife, wife of an alcoholic and woman-chaser, a widow, a single parent who lost her children when they were young. She was a Nun who was unwanted by her Community. She was given the gift of the Stigmata1, a thorn in her head. Her body is incorrupt, never having decomposed after 600 years. She is considered the Saint of the Impossible.

      We never knew very much about St. Rita, but as we discovered, one by one, the multitude of Saints in Italy, her name kept coming up over and over again. Every time we went to Assisi, land of St. Francis, which was at least once or twice a year, we always felt drawn to the village of St. Rita, Cascia. Although it was only 40 miles away, it was all mountain road. Each time we inquired about going to Cascia, the villagers of Assisi would laugh a little nervously, make motions with their hands and say, corvo, corvo,

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